Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Phuket reports 13 new coronavirus cases, total now 100

The southern island province of Phuket confirmed 13 new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus today (Friday), bringing the total there to exactly 100. Most appear to have originated in the island’s Patong area, largely from the Bangla Road red light district.
The town of Patong was placed on unofficial curfew Wednesday as its governor issued a public decree urging residents to stay in their homes at all cost, and promising delivery of necessities to those in need to keep them from venturing out.
Details of the new cases…
Case 88: A 25 year old Hungarian man, a tourist who came in November. He has a history of visiting Bangla Road and close contact with others. He fell sick on March 26 and 35 of his contacts are considered at high risk and are being sought by authorities.
Case 89: A 62 year old German man, tourist in Phuket for many months. He too has a history of visiting Bangla Road, and had close contact with confirmed case, a Thai national who tested positive in Bangkok. Fortunately, in this case no one else is considered at risk
Case 90: A 24 year old Thai woman who works in a hotel in Patong; the same hotel as Case 69. She got sick on March 25 and 10 people are considered at risk.
Case 91: A 56 year old Thai woman, an accountant in a hotel in Nai Harn who had contact with foreigners and with confirmed case 63. She fell sick on March 14, 12 people are at risk
Case 92: A 63 year old Thai woman, a worker at a restaurant at Patong Beach. She had close contact with foreigners and fell sick on March 24, 8 people are considered at high risk.
Case 93: A 46 year old Thai woman, a masseuse in Patong who often visited Bangla Road. She had close contact with foreigners and with Case 52. She got sick on March 18, 5 people are considered at risk.
Case 94: A Thai man, aged 54, a welder who had close contact with a foreign customer. He became sick on March 18 6 people are considered at risk.
Cases 95-97: All had close contact with the same Patong masseuse, Case 81
Cases 98-100: All had confirmed contact in Pakistan with a man who died on a train in Narathwat province and was later found to be infected. The 3 travelled back to Thailand from Pakistan via on March 29.
SOURCE: Newshawk Phuket
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Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Pattaya hotels take food to the streets in bid to survive

Pattaya’s hotels are taking their restaurants to the streets by offering food stalls outside and delivery in a bid to save their businesses during the Covid-19pandemic. Such changes in their attempts to avoid closing, come as city officials say they will use funds to spruce up the city for Chinese New Years on February 12.
As Chonburi province is still declared as a “high-risk” and “highly-controlled” area, all hopes of domestic and foreign tourism have been dashed as visitors are essentially banned. Even with recent virus infections down to just 1 over the past 3 days and single digits in the last week, the strict measures have not been lifted.
After Covid hit, hotels in Pattaya relied more on domestic tourists, which appeared to be working for several months after the city held more outdoor festivals to increase tourism traffic. Now, without domestic tourists helping to curb the financial downfall, the hotel industry has met many times with province leaders and represetatives from the Social Security Office of Thailand to ask for a forced legal closure which would allow their formal staff to get paid through social security benefits at roughly 50% of their daily wages.
The requests so far have been denied, leaving 30,000 hotel workers in Pattaya alone out of a job. Some hotels have managed to keep their employees and even providing meals and lodging for them. But smaller hotels have run out of money and are having to lay off staff without pay.
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Thailand
CCSA Update: 142 new Covid-19 infections

After the welcome drop of new Covid-19 infections yesterday, the CCSA today reports an increase of 142 new confirmed cases in the past 24 hours. 88 cases were found in general health care institutions, while 37 cases are detected on the proactive tests and 17 cases in the state quarantine.
The CCSA says the situation is still not stable with changing numbers, and urges the public to maintain caution.
Among the hot spots of the new outbreak, Samut Sakhon reported 63 new infections… 19 cases are Thai and 44 cases are migrant workers. Meanwhile, Bangkok recorded 14 new cases… 13 Thais and 1 migrant.
The CCSA also says the proactive testing in the community, especially migrant workers in factories, will continue. He says at least 50 factories still need to undergo the test.
Currently, the virus has spread to 63 provinces across the country with a total of 12,795 accumulative cases and 71 deaths since the start of the outbreak in January last year.
SOURCE: CCSA
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Thailand
Migrant workers risk losing their legal status, the Cabinet to extend work permit amnesty

Over 1.7 million migrant workers in Thailand are going to lose their legal working status because they can’t submit work permit renewal and a health certificate with Covid-19 test results in time. The Labour Ministry then proposes the cabinet will extend the registration period (amnesty) for migrant workers to help maintain their legal status. Migrant workers, including those illegal and unemployed workers, are required to register with authorities via the ministry’s website from January 15 until February 13.
According to the Labour Minister, every migrant worker to renew their work permit must receive a Covid-19 test at hospitals designated by the Public Health Ministry. The Department of Medical Sciences will be responsible for the testing costs.
Illegal and unemployed workers, who registered with the Ministry, will be allowed to stay in the Kingdom for 2 years without penalties. Only those migrant workers from Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar are allowed to overstay their current visas, but are required to register with the provincial employment office in the area they work, as part of the amnesty.
SOURCE: Bangkok Post
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